Last Stand 2 Review

Where have you been?
If you haven't played the first Last Stand game, you really are missing out.
Unlike most of the great zombie games out today, it's entirely free to play and just like any other zombie game, very hard to get sick of.
While obviously, being a flash game, it can't possibly measure up to the scale of epic zombie games like Dead Rising, but unlike Dead Rising, which sees the protagonist fighting endless swarms of zombies in a shopping mall, a la Dawn of the Dead, the Last Stand games take a more Night of the Living Dead approach.

Do as you would do.
The main character, an anonymous hardcore survivalist with some nice gun skills, builds a simple barricade and fends off waves of zombies until the sun rises. It's fun and frantic action with plenty of neat gore effects.
But the fun doesn't stop there. As you would in a real zombie outbreak, you must use your time at the end of each level (12 hours) to do what zombie survivors do. Search for weapons, find survivors to help you, and repair your barricade for when the zombies start coming at you again.
This is undoubtedly one of the most believable zombie games out there.
You fight off zombies, you search for stuff to fight them better, and if your barricade is smashed down and you are bitten, it's game over, one bite, you're dead.

On the run.
That's the Last Stand Part 1.
Part 2 has a great number of new additions to the gameplay. After 20 days of zombie fighting in the last game, the character escaped in a helicopter, all his troubles gone.
Of course, the helicopter had an infected survivor on board, and it crashed, you the only survivor.
Rather than just defending against the zombies this time, you must also gather supplies as you travel from city to city as you try and make it to Union City, where you will hopefully, this time, escape.

Of course, as with any good sequel, there are plenty of new features to add enjoyment to your zombie experience.

Fight dirty
The zombies in the second game come faster, in greater numbers, and often with melee weapons to beat the crap out of your barricade and your survivors. To help with this, you gotta find ways to get the edge on your undead foes.

As usual, you start with your trusty pistol, and quickly get your chainsaw. In the last game, the chainsaw was essentially the only thing you needed once you got it, but this time around, you have to frequently 'reload' (pull the chainsaw's string thingy for an annoying 3.5 second timeframe), and with the huge number of zombies coming at you it isn't quite enough, and you really need some extra help.

Traps. Specifically, bear traps, explodable gas cylinders and even landmines can be laid down before the fight, stopping zombies in their tracks.
As well as these, there are a selection of great new weapons, my personal fave being the bow and arrow (it sticks into them, which is funny, and has a low reload time), along with high powered assault rifles and even an RPG, although you don't get this until the last level (only available on the Armour Games version).
You can choose which weapons are assigned to the survivors (they can use all but the best four) and which ones you use, and with a good combination and a quick aim you'll have the zombies under control in no time, although you will undoubtedly come back and play for a second or maybe fifth time through.

Why are you still here?
With great effects, weapons, gameplay and undoubtedly the most realistic survival experience in a zombie game (except for unlimited ammo, which while very helpful is not really possible), Last Stand 2, and 1, are fun little time consumerss for anyone who needs training for the inevitable zombie uprising that is coming.
So what are you waiting for? Play it now!

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itrytosurvive

Last Stand 3

Dec 4 2009, 4:27 PM EST by Oetierules

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Last Stand 3 is going to be made! If that's news to anyone here. Anyway, biggest hint so far to the gameplay is that it would shed its customary shooting-from-behind-barricades style and 'break free'.

Now, what the hell could this mean? I have absolutely no idea how a game could have LS elements without the barricade.

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Oetierules

Weapons for you - weapons for your survivors.

Oct 16 2009, 11:25 AM EDT by -Leo-

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What weapons are good for you and wich ones are good for survivors?

You
RPG
M249 Minimi
AK47
Hunting rifle
Uzi
Compound bow
Chainsaw
.357 revolver

Survivors
Pistol (Glock 19?)
.357 revolver
Shotgun
Ump 45
Uzi
Sawn-off shotgun
M4A1
AK47
M249 Minimi

The only weapon I didn't mention were the hand grenades. Those things suck so bad.

I only used the chainsaw until Whistler's grove. Then, I used the compound bow and chainsaw until Jonestown. I also stopped at Claysburg. In Jonestown, I used the AK47 and chainsaw until Fort Tran. There I used the RPG and chainsaw.

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last stand 2

Sep 20 2009, 7:26 AM EDT by Oetierules

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i would have to say i like it alot wish u could get more then one chance tho.i was on the 39th day an died,

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